Non-refillable bottle.



J. L. SHOEMAKER.

NQN-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FlLED FEB. 9. 19m.

1382,3030 Patented 001;. 22, 1918.

INVENTOR fmo. d/zm /maam BY %MMM ATTORNEY WITNESSES nia'rrn JOHN LE'W' IS SHOEMAKER, OF CRANDON, WISCONSIN.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

Application filed February 9, 1916.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, JOHN L. SHOEMAKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Crandon, in the county of Forest and State of lVisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Non-Refillable Bottles, of w iich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to bottles and pertains bottles.

The principal object of this invention is to provide an attachment adapted to be applied to the neck of the bottle after the same has been filled, which will permit only the free outward passage of the contents of the bottle and one which will be simple and cheap to manufactu re and capable of icing made of a suitable material which will not injure the contents of the bottle and can be applied to bottles not differing essentially from the bottles in common use.

With these and other objects in view this invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, in which similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which- Figure l is a fragmentary view in section of a bottle showing my invention applied,

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the bottle inverted,

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the guard retainin means,

Fig. at is a perspective view of the guard, and

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the valve.

Referring more particularly to the drawings in which is shown the preferred embodiment of my invention, 1 designates the bottle with a neck 2 in which is mounted a glass stopper 3. The neck of the bottle where it joins the body is enlarged and provided with a concave upper surface 4, the purpose of which will be hereinafter more fully et forth.

The stopper 3 is provided with a central bore 5 in which is slidably mounted the valve guard 6. The guard is provided adjacent its lower extremity with a circumferential groove or recess 7, as Will be more fully seen in Fig. 4, into which is arranged a split retaining ring 8, which may be composed of any suitable materlal that Wlll not Specification of Letters Patent.

more particularly to nonrefillable.

Patented Got. 22, 1918.

Serial No. 77.198.

injure the contents of the bottle, such as cork, glass or rubber. The ring 8 is of approximately the same diameter as the interior of the bottle neck prohibiting the insertion of a tool or wire to unseat a valve in order to refill the bottle.

The guard 6 is provided with a central bore 9 through which the liquid finds passage upon inverting the bottle. Slots 10 opening into the bore 9 are formed iii the lower end of the guard allowing the liquid to enter the bore. A stopper of the common type may be utilized in closing the bore through the guard when the bottle is not in use. The lower end of the guard is hollowed out to permit of it being firmly seated on the valve.

In order to close the entrance to the bottle body to prevent filling of the same after once sealed, a ball valve 11 is placed in the neck so that it will be seated on the portion 4 of the neck when the bottle is in an upright position.

In assembling this device, after the bottle has been filled the valve is inserted, then the ring 8 is placed in the recess 7 of the guard 6, which is then placed in the neck of the bottle so that the hollowed out portion will be seated on the valve. When this is done the glass stopper 3 is secured in the neck by applying cement or other adhesive which renders it impossible to remove the stopper without mutilating it or the bottle.

It will be seen by referring to Fig. 2 that when the bottle is tilted to withdraw the contents, the guard slides through the stopper until the ring comes into contact with the stopper, which securely holds the guard from complete extraction. In this position the ball valve is free to move from its seat, permitting free flow of the liquid around the valve through the slots 10 and bore 9 to a receiving receptacle. Immediately upon righting the bottle, the valve will be reseated tightly on the portion l prohibiting the entrance of any liquid to the bottle. As above stated the ring 8 prevents a tool being inserted in the neck to lift the valve.

Variou changes in the. form, proportion and minor details of construction, may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention as claimed.

l/Vhat I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination with a bottle neck hav- Copies of this patent may be obtained for of the groove being in alinement with the under surface of the stopper, and a split ring having a diameter equal to the interior 15 diameter of the bottle neck, said ring being slidably mounted in the groove and freely slidable in the bottle neck.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature inpresence of two witnesses.

JOHN LEWIS SHOEMAKER. Witnesses:

ARTHUR BAs'rnR,

J. A. WALSH.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. C. 

